On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the JGH Division of Child Psychiatry, the JGH Historical Archives, in collaboration with the Child Psychiatry Division, and the support from Ms. Teodora Constantinescu, librarian at the ICFP, is presenting an exhibition which illustrates the evolution of the Division through photos and textual materials contributed by its staff members. Visitors are welcome to browse the exhibit in the galleries below. Physical exhibitions are displayed in the main lobby of the hospital as well as the JGH Health Sciences Library, Pavilion A, room 200, starting in November 2017.
Overview
The JGH Division of Child Psychiatry has been providing care for children and families since 1967. Starting with a small in-patient unit and a Day Hospital, clinical programs have evolved throughout the years to include a Day Hospital, Evening Hospital and Outpatient services for children 2-15 years old.
In 2017, the division treats an average of 400 children and their families in a year. Children come from a large territory determined by English School boards, and present with a broad range of issues relating to maturational, behavioral, or emotional disturbances, or having experienced emotional trauma. Clinical programs provide multidisciplinary, multi-modal treatments including psychological, psychosocial, and psycho-pharmacological interventions. Family commitment and participation are mandatory components of the program.
The program’s approach is unique in Canada in its innovative treatment of children within their family system and community. Children in the Day Hospital typically spend one academic year in treatment, and receive specialized academic teaching aimed at their gradual reintegration in the community school, with psycho-social support.
This innovative approach led the Child Psychiatry division at JGH to be, since its inception, a sought after training and teaching site for McGill residents and students from several Montreal universities and CEGEPs. Equally, the JGH Child psychiatry division has been a fertile ground for research with strong anchors in psycho-social, trans-cultural psychiatry and, more recently, epigenetics.
Judy Gradinger, psychologist, and Judy Labow, head teacher, at camp, 1980s.
Cynthia Roth, child care worker, and Tina Roth, sisters, at camp, 1980s.
Enid Dixon, child care worker, at camp, 1980s.
Monica Arnaldi, child care worker, at camp, 1980s.
Mia Grillakis, nurse, and Monica Arnaldi, child care worker, at camp, 1980s.
Summer camp held in the Laurentians for the children in treatment at the JGH Child Psychiatry, 1980s. Camps were offered as an additional therapeutic program from 1971 to mid 2000s.
Summer camp held in the Laurentians for the children in treatment at the JGH Child Psychiatry, 1980s. Camps were offered as an additional therapeutic program from 1971 to mid 2000s.
Summer camp held in the Laurentians for the children in treatment at the JGH Child Psychiatry, 1980s. Camps were offered as an additional therapeutic program from 1971 to mid 2000s.
Summer camp held in the Laurentians for the children in treatment at the JGH Child Psychiatry, 1980s. Camps were offered as an additional therapeutic program from 1971 to mid 2000s.
Summer camp held in the Laurentians for the children in treatment at the JGH Child Psychiatry, 1980s. Camps were offered as an additional therapeutic program from 1971 to mid 2000s.
Child Psychiatry - Fundraising
Selected cards made out of the drawings by the children in the Child Psychiatry program since 1967.
Selected cards made out of the drawings by the children in the Child Psychiatry program since 1967.
Selected cards made out of the drawings by the children in the Child Psychiatry program since 1967.
Child Psychiatry annual bake sale. undated.
Child Psychiatry annual bake sale. undated.
Dr. Ronald Feldman (standing), Director of Child Psychiatry, and Kathie Sherrard (seated), Head Nurse of Child Psychiatry, at the annual bake sale of the Division. Undated.
Child Psychiatry bake sale event flyer. Undated.
Child Psychiatry bake sale event flyer. Undated.
Child Psychiatry bake sale event flyer. Undated.
Child Psychiatry bake sale event flyer. Undated.
Child Psychiatry bake sale event flyer. Undated.
Child Psychiatry bake sale event flyer. Undated.
Child Psychiatry - Locations Over the Years
Child Psychiatry Division on the 4th floor of Pavilion A. 2003.
Child Psychiatry Division on the 2nd floor of the Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry. 2003.
The nursery and kindergarten of the Child Psychiatry Division located in the basement of the Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry building. 2003.
The Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry of the Jewish General Hospital, built in 1969 as an adult outpatient clinic under the then head of Psychiatry Department, Dr Henry Kravitz. In 1967, Child Psychiatry was officially founded with Dr. Ronald Feldman as the first director. The building became one of the locations where the Child Psychiatry services were offered in the early years of its operation.
Centre for Child Development and Mental Health, the new home of the Child Psychiatry, under construction on Côte St Catherine. 2009.
Centre for Child Development and Mental Health, the new home of the Child Psychiatry, is located on Côte St Catherine, next to the building of the Psychiatry Department. 2009.
Centre for Child Development and Mental Health, the new home of the Child Psychiatry, under construction on Côte St Catherine. 2009.
Centre for Child Development and Mental Health, the new home of the Child Psychiatry, under construction on Côte St Catherine. 2009.
Centre for Child Development and Mental Health, the new home of the Child Psychiatry, is located at 4335 Côte St Catherine. 2010.
The new home of the Child Psychiatry, Ruth & Saul Kaplan Pavilion, Centre for Child Development and Mental Health, is located at 4335 Côte St Catherine. 2010.
Gym inside the new Centre for Child Development and Mental Health. 2010.
The interior of the new Centre for Child Development and Mental Health is offering a very child-friendly environment. 2010.
Multifunction room in the new Centre for Child Development and Mental Health. 2010.
Lobby of the new Centre for Child Development and Mental Health. 2010.
September 14, 2010 saw the grand opening of the new “Ruth and Saul Kaplan Centre for Child Development and Mental Health”. Government, hospital, and First Nations representatives were present. l to r: Stephen Kaplan (architect), Isabelle Caron (NSG), Rosemary Short (head nurse), Philippe Castiel (Director of Technical Services), Dr. Jaswant Guzder (Director of Child Psychiatry), Bernard Stotland (President of the JGH), Dr. Hartley Stern (Director of the JGH), ?. Seated: Leonard Ellen (past president of the JGH), ?.
Child Psychiatry - At work & Leisure time
l to r: Rosemary Short (head nurse), Dr. Guzder (Director of Child Psychiatry), Joe Della-Cioppa (child care worker), are selecting educational material for the program. 2005.
Rosemary Short (Head Nurse of the Child Psychiatry), is awarded Prix de Florence Nightingale by Lynn McVey, Director of Nursing Dept. of the JGH, 2009.
L to r: ?, Rosemary Short (Head Nurse), Representative from Bell Let's Talk (a grant won by the Child Psychiatry in 2011 for the follow-up transition program), Dr. Jaswant Guzder (Director of Child Psychiatry), Dr. Phillis Zelkowitz (Director of Research of Psychiatry). 2011.
Dr. Jaswant Guzder, Director of the Child Psychiatry, was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her significant contributions in the field of mental health on behalf of children, families and trans-cultural psychiatry at the local, national and international levels. 2013.
L to r: Janet Sutherland, senior supervisor and social work coordinator of Dept. of Psychiatry, Dr. Phyllis Zelkowitz, Director of Research of Dept. of Psychiatry, Dr. Michael Bond, Director of Dept. of Psychiatry, Dr. Hartley Stern, Chief Executive Director of the JGH, Dr. Jaswant Guzder, Director of Child Psychiatry, Mr. Marc Garneau, Member of Parliament for the district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount, Rosemary Short, Head Nurse of Child Psychiatry, Dr. Sharon Bond, Director of JGH Couple and Family Therapy Program of Dept. of Psychiatry.
Residents and attending staff the Psychiatry Department of the Jewish General Hospital, June 1963. Top row : Marco Amadeo, Nathan Greenberg, Michael Sendbueler, John Sigal, Isaac Rebner, Lloyd Stern, Roger Boutin 3rd row: Guy DaSilva, Evaristo Gomez, Morris Katz (resident), Perry Segal (resident), Yale Nerman, Bernard Trossman, Ed Pakes (resident), Saul Wilner, Gerald Sarwer-Foner, Erwin Korany 2nd row: James Naiman, Raymundo Macias (resident), (?), Nathan Epstein (Chief of Dept.), Marguerite Harris (resident), Stanley Goldstein (resident), Ron Wintrob (resident), Archie Silver Bottom row: Harry Grauer, Vivian Rakoff (resident), Henry Kravitz, (?), Gert Morgenstern (resident), Ron Feldman*(resident, later became the first Director of the Child Psychiatry Dept.), Axel Russel, Albert Kerenyi
Child Psychiatry staff, April, 1984. Front Row (l to r): Judy Labow, Head Teacher, Marilyn Bayer, Teacher, Tina Roth, Child Care Worker, ?, Ilana Haller, Child Care Worker, Eva Feil, Special Education Teacher, Carol Sector, Teacher, Carol Sommers, Child Care Worker. Middle Row: Dr. Sharon Horner, Psychologist, Judy Fish, Special Ed. Teacher, Linda Greenberg, Psychologist, Linda Di Paolo, Asst. Head Nurse, Kathy Sherrard, Head Nurse, Cynthia Roth, Child Care Worker, Dana Evans, Occupational Therapist, Faye Silerstone, Secretary for Dr. M. Solomon, Bea?, Secretary for Dr. Ed Levinson. Back Row: Enid Dixon, Child Care Worker, Janet Sutherland, Social Worker, Gino Londei, Child Care Worker, Carol Weiner, Occupational Therapist, Dr. Ed Levinson, Psychiatrist, Gerry Goodfriend, Child Care Worker, Sherry Poplack, Social Worker, Nicole De Roche, French Teacher, Dr. Martin Solomon, Psychiatrist, Steve Trowbridge, Child Care Worker, Miriam Barile, Child Care Worker, Thèrese ?, Receptionist.
Child Psychiatry staff with interns. Unknown event. late 1980s or early 1990s.
Music therapy class in the 1980s. Olga Sher (standing), one of the first teachers, Gloria Aronoff, Occupational Therapist in Psychiatry.
Dr. Martin L. Solomon, Head of the Child Psychiatry (1977-2004), in his office. 1980s.
Dr. Jaswant Guzder, Director of Child Psychiatry (2004-2017)
Sherrie Poplack, Social Worker, batting at the yearly baseball game attended by all Psychiatry staff. 1980s.
Yearly baseball game held at the park across the Cumming's building enjoyed by the Psychiatry staff. Early 1980s.
L to r: Judy Labow, Sherrie Poplack, Kathie Sherrard, Head Nurse.
Steve Trowbridge, Janet Sutherland (social worker),?.
Staff party held in the solarium on 4th floor, Pav.A. 1980s.
Part of the Child Psychiatry staff.
Front row (l to r): Rosemary Short, ?, Dr. Jaswant Guzder
Back row: Judy Labow, ?,?,?, Steve Trowbridge
Child Psychiatry - Donors & Volunteers
Eva Chait, one of the major donors to the Child Psychiatry, holding a magnifying glass, her 100th birthday gift from the kids of the program. 2004.
Donations from various sources are critical to sustain the operation of the Child Psychiatry. The picture shows the officers of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Jewish General Hospital presenting a donation upon the grand opening of the new Child Psychiatry Centre at 4335 Côte-St-Catherine. 2010.
(l to r) Nancy Rubin, Linny Blauer, Rosemary Short (head nurse of Child Psychiatry), Susan Bercovitch, Dr. Jaswant Guzder (Director of Child Psychiatry), Beatrice Lewish, Phyllis Karper.
Officers of the JGH Foundation presenting a donation upon the grand opening of the new Child Psychiatry Centre at 4335 Côte-St-Catherine. 2010.
The Child Psychiatry Division received a generous donation of $230,000 from the Bell Let’s Talk mental health initiative to support its innovative Child Psychiatry Transitional Care Program. May 7, 2013.
Dr. Ronald Feldman (centre), former Director of the Child Psychiatry (1967-1977), Dr. Jaswant Guzder, Director of the Child Pscychiatry (right), and Martine Turcotte, Bell’s Vice Chair, Québec, at the event that celebrates a donation of $230,000 from the Bell Let’s Talk mental health initiative to support the division's innovative Child Psychiatry Transitional Care Program. May 7, 2013.
Sonia Zuker, long time donor to the Child Psychiatry Division, is featured in Pulse, JGH publication, Aug./Sept. 2006.
Related Topic - The 50th Anniversary of the JGH Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry (ICFP)
